[3] This area was one of the locations the Ottawa were moved to from Ionia County, Michigan in the late 1850s.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93 km2), of which, 36.0 square miles (93 km2) of it is land and 0.03% is water.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 832 people, 239 households, and 182 families residing in the township.

There were 404 housing units at an average density of 11.2 per square mile (4.3/km2).

18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.